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: May, 2012

The fifth season of HBO’s True Blood premieres Sunday, June 10, and Wednesday night in Hollywood the vamps, witches and werewolves of the series walked the red carpet to spill secrets, laugh about the …

Actress Anna Paquin arrives at the Premiere Of HBO's "True Blood" 5th Season at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Anna Paquin arrives at the Premiere Of HBO's "True Blood" 5th Season at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actors Anna Paquin (L) and Stephen Moyer attend HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere after party held at Lure on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actors Anna Paquin (L) and Stephen Moyer attend HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere after party held at Lure on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Joe Manganiello arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Joe Manganiello arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Krysten Ritter arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Krysten Ritter arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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ctor Alexander Skarsgard arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

ctor Alexander Skarsgard arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Kristin Bauer van Straten arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Kristin Bauer van Straten arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actors Jack McBrayer and Alexander Skarsgard attend the HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere after party held at Lure on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actors Jack McBrayer and Alexander Skarsgard attend the HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere after party held at Lure on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Paul Reubens arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood,

Actor Paul Reubens arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood,

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Actor Allan Hyde arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Allan Hyde arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Deborah Ann Woll arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Deborah Ann Woll arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Carolyn Hennesy arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Carolyn Hennesy arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Kelly Overton arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Kelly Overton arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Nelsan Ellis arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Nelsan Ellis arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Jim Parrack arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Jim Parrack arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Camilla Luddington arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Camilla Luddington arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Giles Matthey arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Giles Matthey arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Todd Lowe arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Todd Lowe arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Perrey Reeves arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Perrey Reeves arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Tara Buck arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Tara Buck arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Tina Majorino arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Tina Majorino arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Scott Foley arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Scott Foley arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Sam Trammell (L) and Missy Yager arrive at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Sam Trammell (L) and Missy Yager arrive at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actors Kristin Bauer van Straten and Abri van Straten attend the HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere after party held at Lure on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actors Kristin Bauer van Straten and Abri van Straten attend the HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere after party held at Lure on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Photo: Jason Merritt / Getty Images

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Actress Michelle Forbes arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Michelle Forbes arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Peter Mensah arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Peter Mensah arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actors Rex Lee (L) and Actor Nelsan Ellis arrive at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actors Rex Lee (L) and Actor Nelsan Ellis arrive at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Creator/Executive Producer Alan Ball arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Creator/Executive Producer Alan Ball arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Chloe Noelle arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Chloe Noelle arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Jacob Hopkins arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Jacob Hopkins arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actor Carrie Preston arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actor Carrie Preston arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Adina Porter arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Adina Porter arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Annie Fitzgerald arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Annie Fitzgerald arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Actress Jamie Hyder arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

Actress Jamie Hyder arrives at the premiere of HBO 'True Blood' season 5 premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome on May 30, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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The fifth season of HBO’s True Blood premieres Sunday, June 10, and Wednesday night in Hollywood the vamps, witches and werewolves of the series walked the red carpet to spill secrets, laugh about the show’s copious amounts of nudity and revel about co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer’s pending baby.

Bosses at British Airways have launched an investigation after Kim Kardashian alleged some personal items went missing from her suitcase last week. The reality TV star had been visiting the U.K. and …

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Bosses at British Airways have launched an investigation after Kim Kardashian alleged some personal items went missing from her suitcase last week.

The reality TV star had been visiting the U.K. and Europe to promote her new fragrance, True Reflection, and put in an appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

She flew back to Los Angeles from Nice, France, via London’s Heathrow Airport over the weekend, but took to her Twitter.com account when she landed in America to allege that some of her belongings had disappeared from her luggage.

Kardashian wrote, “Very disappointed in British Airways for opening my luggage & taking some special items of mine! Some things are sentimental & not replaceable.”

Officials at the airline are now looking into the star’s allegations, and a spokesperson tells Britain’s Evening Standard, “Terminal 5 (at Heathrow) has some of the most sophisticated automated baggage systems in the world, which are able to monitor bags every minute of their time in the terminal.

“At this stage, we have discovered no evidence to suggest that the bag in question was interfered with at Heathrow. Our investigation is seeking to establish details of the bag’s passage through Nice and Los Angeles airports.”

Heather Bormann launched a legal battle against the actor last year, claiming he assaulted her while trying to board a party bus in Cleveland, Ohio, after she informed him he was not on the private guest list.

The alleged victim was seeking more than $25,000 in damages for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, but she has abruptly dropped the case.

Fox previously denied the allegations and filed a countersuit against Bormann for defamation. He has now withdrawn the papers, according to TMZ.com. The actor was never formally charged.

Ironically, the news comes just days after his former “Lost” co-star Dominic Monaghan took aim at Fox on Twitter.com, saying he is not friends with the actor because he “beats women.”

Actor Marin Short has accepted Kathie Lee Gifford’s apology after she quizzed him about his marriage to his late wife during a live TV interview on Wednesday. The funnyman was a guest on “Today” when …

Actor Marin Short has accepted Kathie Lee Gifford’s apology after she quizzed him about his marriage to his late wife during a live TV interview on Wednesday.

The funnyman was a guest on “Today” when host Gifford began probing his personal life and praising Short’s long marriage to tragic Nancy Dolman, clearly unaware she had died two years ago.

Short handled the uncomfortable chat with grace and skirted over the questions on air, prompting a mortified Gifford to take to her Twitter.com account to acknowledge the insensitive blunder later that day.

And owning up to her mistake after the show, she took to Twitter.com and wrote, “I send my sincerest apologies to @MartinShort and his family. He handled situation w/ enormous grace and kindness and I’m so grateful.”

And the actor has since made peace with Gifford over the incident, insisting he knew she meant no harm.

He tells E! News, “I think that it’s live television and people make mistakes and there’s no ill will intended.”

Actress Mireille Enos says her onscreen kiss with “World War Z” co-star Brad Pitt was “terrifying.” While many women would jump at the chance to lock lips with the movie hunk, Enos admits her romantic …

Paris Hilton has dismissed rumors she has split from DJ Afrojack, because they are “best friends” and have never dated. Reports emerged earlier this week suggesting Hilton ended a romance with the …

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Paris Hilton has dismissed rumors she has split from DJ Afrojack, because they are “best friends” and have never dated.

Reports emerged earlier this week suggesting Hilton ended a romance with the Dutch music producer, real name Nick van de Wall, but the TV star insists their relationship has always been purely platonic.

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In a tweet, she writes “DJ Afrojack is 1 of my best friends & always will be. Must be a slow news week that the media keeps making up these ridiculous stories.”

Hilton’s representative confirms to Usmagazine.com, “(The reports are) 100 percent not accurate and are coming from inaccurate sources. Paris and Afrojack are best friends and love and support each other very much. Nothing has changed.”

“Spinal Tap” star Michael McKean has been relocated to a rehabilitation center following his car accident in New York last week. The veteran funnyman was forced to pull out of his Tony-nominated …

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“Spinal Tap” star Michael McKean has been relocated to a rehabilitation center following his car accident in New York last week.

The veteran funnyman was forced to pull out of his Tony-nominated Broadway show “Gore Vidal’s The Best Man” on May 22 after a car reportedly mounted a curb and struck him, leaving the actor with a broken leg and other minor injuries.

McKean, who was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment, was said to have taken his first step last week, and on Wednesday he was moved to a rehabilitation wing at nearby Roosevelt Hospital, where he’ll undergo extensive therapy.

A statement from the 64-year-old actor, released to TMZ.com, reads, “I am heading into week two with renewed admiration for New York City’s Emergency Medical Service staff, the NYPD, the staff of St. Luke’s Hospital… and all those with problems much greater than my own.”

Rapper Nicki Minaj has lashed out at celebrity blogger Perez Hilton for publishing a “misleading” report online, which suggested that one of her back-up dancers had been arrested for the murder of a …

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Rapper Nicki Minaj has lashed out at celebrity blogger Perez Hilton for publishing a “misleading” report online, which suggested that one of her back-up dancers had been arrested for the murder of a fan in Japan.

Irish student Nicola Furlong was found dead in her Tokyo hotel room on May 25, just hours after she had watched the singer perform live the previous evening.

Police have taken two American males into custody in connection with Furlong’s death, and on Thursday Minaj paid tribute to the tragic fan via her Twitter.com page.

But the hip-hop star was furious when she read an article on PerezHilton.com under the title, “Nicki Minaj’s backup dancer arrested as suspect in murder case!” accompanied with side-by-side photos of the rapper and the dancer Hilton linked to the crime, James Blackston.

Minaj has slammed the allegations, insisting no one in her entourage has been questioned or arrested over the incident. The star has also taken aim at Hilton for wrongly identifying the man in the picture as her dancer.

In a series of angry Twitter.com posts directed at Hilton, she writes, “my dancers had nothing to do w/ (with) this tragedy. No one in my entourage was questioned or arrested. They all flew home from Japan.

“That person on your sight (sic) is NOT my dancer. We do NOT know the men in custody. Too much misleading information.”

The original Perez Hilton article has since been removed from the website.

Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has asked her best pal Eva Longoria to be her daughter Harper’s godmother. The former “Desperate Housewives” star insists she’s “honored” to take on the …

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Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has asked her best pal Eva Longoria to be her daughter Harper’s godmother.

The former “Desperate Housewives” star insists she’s “honored” to take on the special role and will fly to the U.K. later this summer to stand by as the baby is christened in her superstar parents’ native Britain.